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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786317003321

Titolo

Transforming politics, transforming America : the political and civic incorporation of immigrants in the United States / / edited by Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2006

ISBN

1-283-80599-5

0-8139-3420-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (x, 307 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Race, ethnicity, and politics

Altri autori (Persone)

LeeTaeku

RamakrishnanS. Karthick <1975-> (Subramanian Karthick)

RamírezRicardo <1973->

Disciplina

323/.0420869120973

Soggetti

Immigrants - Political activity - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on a conference on "A Nation of Immigrants: Ethnic Identity and Political Incorporation" held in May 2003 in Berkeley, Calif.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-297) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez -- Immigrants and the changing categories of race / Kenneth Prewitt -- Mobilizing group consciousness : when does ethnicity have political consequences? / Jane Junn -- Rethinking citizenship : noncitizen voting and immigrant political engagement in the United States / Lisa García Bedolla -- Jus meritum : citizenship for service / Cara Wong and Grace Cho -- The impact of dual nationality on political participation / Bruce Cain and Brendan Doherty -- Transnational politics and civic engagement : do home-country political ties limit Latino immigrant pursuit of U.S. civic engagement and citizenship? / Louis DeSipio -- Out of line : immigration and party identification among Latinos and Asian Americans / Zoltan Hajnal and Taeku Lee -- Nonpartisan Latino and Asian American contactability and voter mobilization / Ricardo Ramírez and Janelle Wong -- Politics among young adults in New York : the immigrant second generation / John Mollenkopf ... [et al.] -- Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose? : an examination of the racial attitudes of new immigrants in the United States / Tatishe Mavovosi Nteta -- The political assimilation of the fourth wave / Kathryn Pearson and Jack Citrin -- But do they bowl? :



race, immigrant incorporation, and civic voluntarism in the United States / S. Karthick Ramakrishnan -- Conclusions / Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez.